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Vivien Huang

Writing and Language Test

Questions 1-5 are based on the following passage.

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His eyes had always shone so bright to me; I had always
(1) perceived
them as my most
precious gems. But as I looked into them today, the emeralds suddenly looked like the leaves of a
dying tree on a cloudy day.
Hey, I said softly.
Hey, he said, without meeting my eyes.
Whats wrong?
Um, nothing.
His eyes finally met mine, and I raised my eyebrows.
I was just thinking about our future. He smiled sadly as he spoke.
What about it?
Im just going to miss you.
Ill miss you too. But dont worry. Its only two
(2) months; and
we still have another week
before I go to camp. And we have a few days when I get back before school starts.
He stayed quiet, keeping himself busy by kicking the small rocks on the ground.
Why arent you saying anything? Everything will be fine.
He still didnt say anything. I was sure he could hear my heart beating in my chest. I felt my
palms starting to sweat.
Im sorry, I almost whispered.
He shook his head. No. You didnt do anything wrong.
So whats the matter?
I was thinking about our future.
Yeah. And?
I dont know if there is one for us anymore.
My heartbeat
(3) assuaged.
I tried to breathe. What?
My dads job is getting relocated.
My breathing grew shallow. I couldnt feel the rhythm of anything. Where?
Im moving to California. This summer.
My heart stopped. My vision grew blurry as I felt the warm droplets running down my face,
turning cold as the icy breeze blew in my direction.
I couldnt think straight. I had so many questions and so many things to say, but I didnt know
where to begin. Um What day do you leave?
August 15.
August 15.
Yes.
Are you sure?
Yup.
August 15, as in, the day I get back from camp?
Yeah, he whispered.


The only other thing I remembered was that that day was the last time he kissed me, and the
whole time, I thought about my life.
(4) The rest of that day and our last week together was a blur.
The day I left for camp was the day when I was rode the fastest emotional roller coaster of my life,

with the most loops and turns.

(5) And as
we embraced goodbye, I felt my life disappearing before
me; the day we admitted our feelings in the eighth grade, our first kiss, our plans to go to prom
together, and the excitement I had originally had for spending my two months at camp now turning to
stone.
1. A) No change
B)
acclaimed
C) realized
D) saw
2. A) No change
B) months and
C) months, and
D) months. And
3. A) No change
B) germinated
C)
augmented
D) hastened
4. To make this paragraph the most eloquent, this sentence should
A) Stay where it is currently
B) Be the first sentence of the paragraph
C) Be eliminated from the passage
D) Be in a separate paragraph altogether
5. A) No change
B) And
C) As
D) While

Questions 6-10 are based on the following passage.

Acceptance
(9) When was the last time you felt something deterring you from getting to know
someone?
Diversity has been increasing in America ever since the start of immigration in the 1900s.
Schools have become more heterogeneous, and new cultures have
(6) rose
. But there is still room for
improvement.
As diverse as we are, Americans still have tendencies to be exclusive. Now, youre probably
thinking, since when have I done something as
(7) lucid
as this? Many times this occurs without us
knowing it. Lots of us unconsciously show
(8) animosity
toward those who we consider
atypical.
We
are often
apathetic
and assume theres nothing interesting about them.

You probably assume certain things by the way people dress, look, etc. There are many things
that can get between people; those things are inevitable and not always easily realized. However, it is
important, as people to try to see the good in our differences. From friends at
(10) school, to
potential
spouses, diversity is something that should be embraced no matter where we are.
And always remember the world would be a very
banal
place if we were all the same.
6. A) No change
B) showed
C) arisen
D) recognized
7. A) No change
B)
compatible
C)
wary
D) erring
8. A) No change
B)
contingency
C)
efface
D)
destitute
9. The first sentence of the passage should probably be placed
A) Where it is now
B) At the end of paragraph 1
C) At the end of paragraph 2
D) At the beginning of paragraph 3
10. A) No change
B) school; to
C) school to
D) school to